[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":185},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002Fmigrating-windows-10-and-ubuntu-linux-os-files-dual-boot-drives":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":171,"description":172,"extension":173,"image":101,"meta":174,"navigation":175,"path":176,"seo":177,"stem":178,"tags":179,"__hash__":184},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fmigrating-windows-10-and-ubuntu-linux-os-files-dual-boot-drives.md","Migrating Windows 10 and Ubuntu Linux OS Files (Dual Boot\u002FDrives)",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":164},"minimark",[9,13,16,24,27,30,41,46,57,74,77,91,95,102,105,109,112,118,127,130,136,143,148,151,155],[10,11,12],"p",{},"As soon I got a new laptop, which was shipped with Windows 10, the first thing I did was to install Linux. As I had a dual drive system it would be a great setup for both of the OSs. I needed it ASAP so I didn't have any fancy file structure. I just popped the USB and installed it.",[10,14,15],{},"After that my disks where something like this:",[10,17,18,19,23],{},"SSD 128GB - Windows\u002F",[20,21,22],"strong",{},"Bitlocker"," (Boot\u002FFiles) -",[10,25,26],{},"HDD 1TB - Linux (Boot\u002FFiles)",[10,28,29],{},"Pay attention on the bitlocker part",[10,31,32,33,36,37,40],{},"It was ok for the beginning but it was a little bit stupid to not use my SSD. 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I couldn't find a way to achieve the same on my Windows disk, so I tried reducing my main Windows partition from programs and unused data.",[10,113,114],{},[98,115],{"alt":116,"src":117},"","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fmigrating-windows-10-and-ubuntu-linux-os-files-dual-boot-drives\u002Fimage-1024x760.png",[10,119,120,121,126],{},"After having some headaches with grub bootloader to identify my Windows partition ",[81,122,125],{"href":123,"rel":124},"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.thinkcritical.com\u002Fkb\u002Farticles\u002Fswitch-windows-10-from-raid-ide-to-ahci",[85],"(turned from RAID to AHCI"," so it was a kind of a mess), I was able to boot on my Windows system. After that, I was able to change the Windows 10 data storage location, from the settings.",[10,128,129],{},"Wrapping up the whole procedure, my current setup looks something like this.",[10,131,132,133,135],{},"SSD 128GB - Linux(",[20,134,51],{},")",[10,137,59,138,52,140,142],{},[20,139,62],{},[20,141,65],{}," folders)",[10,144,145,146,56],{},"Windows (",[20,147,55],{},[10,149,150],{},"Data partition (Windows user folder + Windows data storage)",[42,152,154],{"id":153},"conclusion","Conclusion",[10,156,157,158,163],{},"Always keep a backup when messing with your partition as anything can go wrong. I suggest using ",[81,159,162],{"href":160,"rel":161},"https:\u002F\u002Fclonezilla.org\u002F",[85],"Clonezilla"," which comes extremely handy! 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